This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

ESA is developing a wide range of telecom services and applications to provide space-based services efficiently and seamlessly over almost every region of our planet in fields such as air traffic management and maritime surveillance.

Presentations and demos throughout the week include the Iris project – creating an air-to-ground communication system for managing air traffic – and applications and services being developed under ESA contract for aviation, telemedicine, maritime safety, media streaming and geophysical surveys.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

ESA is developing a wide range of telecom services and applications to provide space-based services efficiently and seamlessly over almost every region of our planet in fields such as air traffic management and maritime surveillance.

Presentations and demos throughout the week include the Iris project – creating an air-to-ground communication system for managing air traffic – and applications and services being developed under ESA contract for aviation, telemedicine, maritime safety, media streaming and geophysical surveys.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

A full-size model of Alphasat, the largest and most sophisticated telecom satellite ever built in Europe, greets visitors in front of the Space Zone. Alphasat and its Alphabus platform are excellent examples of innovative public–private partnerships.

ESA helps to develop satellite systems and technologies, opening up new markets for European industry by sharing expertise and risk in order to build operational missions.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

A full-size model of Alphasat, the largest and most sophisticated telecom satellite ever built in Europe, greets visitors in front of the Space Zone. Alphasat and its Alphabus platform are excellent examples of innovative public–private partnerships.

ESA helps to develop satellite systems and technologies, opening up new markets for European industry by sharing expertise and risk in order to build operational missions.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

ESA are highlighting the cutting-edge space technology developed in Europe now flying on the International Space Station, and scientific results from experiments carried out in Columbus and other laboratories.

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is currently on the Station, and Samantha Cristoforetti and Tim Peake will fly to the orbital outpost in the next 12 months for long missions, reinforcing the importance of Europe’s role in this unique international partnership.

The fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle supply vessel, to be launched later this month, is featured together with a model of the European Service Module that will rely on ATV technology to power NASA’s Orion spacecraft for carrying astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

ESA helps to develop satellite systems and technologies, opening up new markets for European industry by sharing expertise and risk in order to build operational missions.

Creating new technology lies at the heart of ESA activities, helping European industry to compete worldwide. At Farnborough, ESA is displaying some of the innovative and cross-cutting technologies flying on its Proba satellites, and will host daily demonstrations of space technologies and systems spun out from ESA’s Business Incubation Centres.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

ESA will present Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega, the family of launchers operated from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, offering a complete range of services and capabilities from the best launch site in the world today.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

Official opening of the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 14, 2014.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

Official opening of the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 14, 2014.

This year, when the European Space Agency and its member states are celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space, ESA’s exhibition underlines the importance of building on past achievements in space science, exploration and applications to shape the future of Europe in this strategic sector.

The exhibition reflects the wealth of recent mission results and upcoming launches across all space domains.

Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014

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Photo highlights from ESA’s exhibition at Farnborough International Airshow, Hampshire, UK, on 14 July 2014.